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Great Northern Railway Historical Society Archives at Jackson Street Roundhouse, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)
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The Robert W Downing Collection consists of 4 photographs and 56 documents including timetables, maps and copies of the National Railway Historical Society Bulletin included in materials from the library of Robert W Downing's estate, including books, maps, railway guides, video tapes, magazines, timetables, framed photos and drawings. Other Identifiers: Jackson Street Roundhouse Accession Number 351, Jackson Street Roundhouse Collection Number.Accrual Number 316.1.
The Norm Keyes Collection is comprised of black and white prints of Great Northern Railway steam engines, work equipment, approximately 3650 photographic slides, and film negatives - approximately 5500. A limited number of photographs of equipment from other railroads and logging railroads are included.
The Jim Parker Collection includes 135 photographs of Great Northern Railway and Northern Pacific Railroad locomotives, freight cars and passenger cars.
The Great Northern Railway- Blueprint-Authorization for Expenditure Collection (GN_Blueprint_AFEs) was created by the Great Northern Railway Historical Society from materials at the Jackson Street Roundhouse. Blueprints and other documents stored with Great Northern Railway Authorization for Expenditure files were gathered and cataloged as a separate collection with reference to the Authorization for Expenditure number where available. In addition to Great Northern Railway blueprints, some supplier blueprints, catalogs, and other supplemental materials for individual projects are included. Blueprints are categorized as Engineering drawings when depicting buildings, track and other structures and as Mechanical drawings when applicable to rolling stock. Other (minor) categories of documents include maps and plats, photographs and printed ephemera.
The Great Northern Railway Authority for Expenditure (AFE) Collection consists of approximately 150,000 paper files. The contents document construction and modifications to the railroad and nearby structures, and include business and finance records, engineering drawings, maps, and correspondence. Records range from 1888 to 1984 and include some from predecessor (e.g. St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad) and successor (Burlington Northern Railroad) companies. Other Identifiers: Jackson Street Roundhouse Accession Number 44, Jackson Street Roundhouse Collection Number.Accrual Number 45.1.
The Cordell Newby Collection consists of 1902 color photographs of Great Northern Railway Company subjects, principally equipment and locations, taken by Mr. Newby in multiple locations between Chicago, Illinois and Seattle, Washington between 1971 and 1988. Other Identifiers: Jackson Street Roundhouse Accession Number 327, Jackson Street Roundhouse Collection Number.Accrual Number 298.1.
